We’re collecting all existing examples of cities’ user personas for open data and government websites, and developing best practices for other cities that are looking to create them.
Continue readingDetails on the new datasets and features on the U.S. City Open Data Census
Our technical partner Open Knowledge International made several changes to the platform that supports the U.S. City Open Data Census (and dozens of similar projects around the world). We took that opportunity to also revisit the datasets included in the Census' assessment. Here’s a quick synopsis of all of them.
Continue readingPublic comments on city open data policies focus on governance, uses and privacy
Our analysis of public feedback on the draft open data policies posted by nine American cities online found that comments focus most on governance, usability and privacy. We hope cities will apply this information towards more meaningfully engage with the public.
Continue readingYou don’t have to be tech-savvy to benefit from open data
Open data can help you even if you know nothing about data, because it can power tools and resources that are usable by anyone.
Continue readingOpen Data Policy Wizard helps you create your own policy
One of the hardest parts of creating an open-data policy is figuring out where to start. Here at Sunlight, we have several resources to help with this, including our Open Data Policy Wizard.
Continue readingFork our unconference: Open sourcing TransparencyCamp
We’re happy to announce that we’ve now added these to GitHub. Just like our tech tools, it’s open source — go ahead and fork it!
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Transit data – a major success story for common data standards
When data becomes open and commonly formatted, trends such as job access, mobility, equity, health, and others, are illuminated to show the effects of transportation in a community.
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